CVE-2008-5747: F-Prot Antivirus

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 3.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

F-Prot 4.6.8 for GNU/Linux allows remote attackers to bypass anti-virus protection via a crafted ELF program with a "corrupted" header that still allows the program to be executed. NOTE: due to an error in the initial disclosure, F-secure was incorrectly stated as the vendor.

Affected products

• F-Prot F-Prot Antivirus: version 4.6.8 only

Published 2008-12-29. Last modified 2026-06-16.